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UNITED STATES( PATENT oir-n1'on ienne. 'rn'ronjor BALTIMonE, MARYLAND. l

END SILL Fon FLAT-cans.

To all fui/wm t may concern: l .p

.Be 1t known that I, JOHN J, Tunai, a

c itizen of. the United States, residing at Bal timore,- Maryland, have inventada certain new and useful' Improvement in End Sil'ls lfor Flat-Cars, of which the following is -a full, clear, `and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the irrt to which it appertains to ineke and use the same, reference being had to theacconipenying drawin, forming p'art. of this specification.

V,y inventlonrelates generally to Het cars `and more particularlyto an end sill there for, theprinipal object of my invention being to construct e fiat car end sill with av ortion which projects' a substantial distan above the floor level 'ofthe car' so thatjth'e materiel Orobjets forming the load of |the] f oar may he"braced .or havegbearing against this up-ward projection" so as to :prevent lengthwise shiftnm movement on said car as the' latter is bullied or pulled with sudden jerking movement during switching 'operas tions.

'It :will be understood that'the top surface of the-fiooring of the drdinary flat car is flush with the top of the end sill and to an- L tice results in damage to the flooring, therel' pose to overcome this objection chor and prevent shiftingmovement ofthe lend of the car itis customary to nail blocks of Wroodto the floor of the' our. Such pracby necessitating frequent repairs and I pro by forming onl the' end sill e permanent lange or upwqrd projection which serves :isl e, brnceor 4benringior the material-or .objects placed on the car. r r y I A further object Tof my inventionisto Oco'n'ibne with the end sill .a hinged fpluteor 'apron which is adapted. Yto voccupy a -lat position upon the car fiooringwhen'longob- ,jects ormeterial form the ladinlffofthe car,

to occupy averticel position W en ityis de sired to providej'the car withA a closedfend,

and to be swung outward so as to occnpya 4horizontal positlon. and yspan the space between the end sills olfitwoeers4 when the cnrs `ere utilized for hauling dirt, sand, cinders or the like.

Aurther object of-A my invention is toy yprovide 4a, Flat ear end sill, with openings or :pockets which` are adapted to receive vertiJ 'cally disposed stakes; and rifhieh latter canl be used when is Vdesired to haverl taller supporter bearing than'is. provient by the n Specification of Letters Patent.

Application ilcd February 17, 1.216. SerialNo. 78,856;

above the surface Yof the'car of the sill are the usual y l witx Athe -top 'of lthe 19 'which serve as bear-in Permiten neel, es, 194e.

upwardly'projecting portion of the -end sill, thus making it possibleto take care of a load which extends `to a considerable height lidar.

. With the foregoing and other objects in view, mvinvention .consists inlcertain novel features of eonstruction'and arrangement of claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whic Figure 1 isa plan view of the end portion of a flat car, the same bein 'equipped with an end sill of my improves' construe tion. Fig. 2 is e. front elevational viewl of the end sill. 4VFig-31's an enlarged cross secparts, hereinafterv more `Fully described,

tional view taken aporoximatelyon the line Ase illustrated in .the drawings,

'anelone proved en d sill is in the form-4of eraloly square or boxshape in` crossl section y and comprises it front wall 10,*rearfwa11f11, top 12 and'bottorn 13.` Formed at the'v cen'- ter of the body of the sill 4is'an opening 14 for the draw-bar and the sillto the'sides of this 'opening lis extended downward Sas .'desl ignated by 15 and'formed integral withtlre'l undersides of these downwardly extending through. the .tcp p1 te formed 'integre with the Atop plete-",112 around these openings are de endin flanges yor Sai Y `:whichextendssubstantiisrlly' offthe lsill-.qlori'ned` 1 2 are Aapertliresl1,8 which are adelted lvto receive stakes''nd-l stakes. i

Formed negro with r atop` of aus and .sill thus constr'ucted'and preferably immediately adjacenty to thefflanlgljefl? are perforated lugs.20 to which ore in ed lugs 21, the saniebeing formed' fon or: y:red-gto the edge of anietnl plate or apron 22. When comparatively long objects Asuch as-tra'ckl rails,l wire supporting poles,y on the' like, forma;A the lading 'of the oar, equipped with -folded inwardly so thatthevhe MHatton the end portions tofthe car'y loorin .Where comparatively short and heavy objects, 4such as stone, heavy castings, ties, or the like, form the Lading of the car, the aprons ure swung into vertical positions :ind beur n einst stakes, such as 9A, the lower ends oi: w Vlich are inserted through the openings 18.

The heavy objects forming the loud ol the .ce1-are positioned on the door so that they `bearr directly against thc lunge 17, or il desiredwbearing blocks of woot. or the like can be 'interposed between the objects :ind said flange. Thus the loud of' the cur is firml held and practically anchored uguinst 'lengt ivviee shifting movement upon snid rar by reason of sudden jerks produced by the. bufiing and pulling movement imparted to jthe cn-r as the same is switched or moved in. transportation. l

The apron 22 when occupying n vertical position and bearing against stakes 2%. forms an end wall which is effective in holding loads whichyrise to a considerable height above the car flooring.

When cars equipped with my improved end sills uro utilized for hauling dirt, the aprons nrc swung outward so ns to occupy horizontal planes and spun the space between en adjacent pair of the end sills, und thus, said aprons provide guides und supports for the low which is drawn 'from one end of the tram to the other for the purpose of discharging!` the dirt and said uplous also revent the dirt or material from falling `etwcen the ends oi the cars.

.A n end sill of my improved construction is comparatively simple, can be easily and cheaply manu Ynctured, provides eilicient ineens for holding the load of the cnr against lengthwise shiftin Y movement upon the floor of Suid cnr, an the apron com bined with theend sill can be utilized :is an end well or for e plate or flooring be tween an adjacent pair of the end sills.

lt will be readily understood that minor changes in the size, form and construction oi tbc vnrious parts of my improved end sill can be made and substituted. for these berein shown :ind described, without departing from tliespirit of my invention, the scope oi which is'y set forth in the appended claims.

1. A cast meta-l end sill for fiat cnrs` an .upwardly projecting load retaining nient ber formed on said sill, said sill being ro vided with n. series of stake pockets im( an apron hinged to the top of said sill between nesses, this Feb.

mienne the loud rclniniug member nud Suid stnke pockets.

2. A. cust metal end sill for [iut cnrs buving un integral upwardly projecting loud reluining member, suid sill bein provided with u series of strike pockets un( un npron hinged to the top of seid sill between the loud rctziiningr member und Suid strike pockets.

il. The combiimtion with n llut cur under- .lrume und flooring, ol' nn end sill fixed to snid undertrnmc und provided with u porlion which extends n substantiel distance nbovc the surf-.icc of the flooring, there being n series ol' stake pockets formed in lsnid end sill and :in apron hinged yto the top of seid sill between the npwnrdl)r projecting poition :1nd the stehe pockets.

l. The combination with n lint our underli-ume nud its llooring, ol' an end sill fixed to Suid underfruiuc, n flange integral with the top o'f snid end sill, which fhinfve projects u sul'istuutiul distance nbove tie surlucc of thc Hooi-ing, there being n Scl-ies of stnhe pockets formed in Suid end sill und u metal apron hinged to thc top of the sill between tbc flange und the series of stnke pockets.

5. A cust metal cnr end sill provided with :i longitudinally disposed row of stake peck ets, :in upwardly projectini; loud re'tnlnin member formed on seid sill adjacent to sui( oockets, and an apron hinged to said sill between said pockets und loud retaining member.

6. A cust metal cnr end sill provided in its upper portion with n longitudinally disposed row oi stehe pockets, nn upwurdly projecting loud retaining member formed integral with the upper renr corner of Suid sill, lugs on Suid sill between the row of stehe pocIct-s und the loud retuining member, und an apron hinged to Suid lugs.

'l'. The combination with a cur end sill provided with :t longituc'linnlly disposed row of stnke pockets, of un upron hinged to the top of sind sill immediutelv to one 51de ol' the row o' stake pockets t erein.

In tcstin'iony whereof I hereunto uilix my signature in thev presence of two wit- 12, day of 1916;

JOHN J. TATUM. Witnesses:

E. C. Cultiver,

SIMON Gnnnurnmnr.

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